Lesson Plans- Elementary Placement
Falling Leaves
In this lesson, students investigate bi-lateral symmetry, approximate realism, and resist techniques. After cutting a leaf in half and gluing it down, students recreated the other half of the leaf and colored it realistically. The students also planned a landscape background with crayons and watercolor, creating a resist technique.
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Germ Invasion
Using the parts of a bacteria, students designed their own germs! Starting with practice paper, the students planned out their germ's body, the symptoms it causes, gave it a name, and experimented with analogous color schemes. Through expression, color, and naming their germ, students practiced storytelling through their art.
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Topographic Adventure
In this Topographic Maps lesson, students transferred prior knowledge of how to read maps to learn how to read, and then create, a topographic map. Using a split compliment color scheme and contour lines students created a three-dimensional topographic map of a mountain. Students had to calculate the rise in elevation on their mountain and correctly label it in true map style. Students also worked with group members to create a story about their mountains.
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